Dental 4 Less, Virus found in sewage shows promise in treating dental procedure infections
The rise of superbugs is spurring research into alternative ways of fighting resistant bacteria that cause serious infections. One such avenue is a revival of an old idea – using viruses to infect and eliminate bacteria.
E. faecalis is a bacterium found in the human gastrointestinal tract. It is a dangerous pathogen that causes endocarditis (potentially fatal heart infection), bacteremia (harmful bacteria in the bloodstream) and other serious infections, such as urinary tract infection, meningitis and – as in the subject of this study – post-treatment root canal infection.